iiii: Vocalist Laila Smith was a golden child of the Bay Area jazz scene who thrived in the SFJazz High School All-Stars and Monterey Jazz Festival Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. On summer break from a joint degree program at Harvard and the New England Conservatory, the 19-year-old returns for a series of gigs with iiii, a pop- and R&B-inflected jazz collective. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. $10-$15. Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., S.F. www.redpoppyarthouse.org. (Also 8 p.m. Saturday. $12-$15. California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley. www.jazzschool.com.)

Luscious Jackson: "Are you ready?" goes last year's track by the female combo still fighting to be considered more than just the kid sister companion band to the Beastie Boys. And from the sound of "Magic Hour," the group's first studio album in 14 years, the feisty threesome is raring to prove its relevance. 9 p.m. Saturday. $30. Independent, 628 Divisadero St., S.F. www.theindependentsf.com.